Lesser Soenda Islands. 511r-42, 5c Numeral with Lombok Sun overprint in red on M.O. fragment, beautifully cancelled PRAJA, with transit/arrival pmk Ampenan. Only a few items from Praja recorded. € 300

Lesser Soenda Islands. 511r-42, 5c Numeral with Lombok Sun overprint in red. € 300

Lesser Soenda Islands. 511r-43´bk, 10c Van Konijnenburg with Lombok Sun overprint in red on M.O. fragment, cancelled Ampenan. € 600

Lesser Soenda Islands. 521z-20b, 4c Kreisler with black Lombok anchor overprint, previously unlisted, only one unused copy recorded! € 100

Lesser Soenda Islands. 521z-43a, 10c Van Konijnenburg with black Lombok anchor overprint on M.O. fragment, cancelled Ampenan. Scarce, only seven copies recorded! € 80

Lesser Soenda Islands. 521z-43bk, 10c Van Konijnenburg with black Lombok anchor overprint on M.O. fragment, cancelled Ampenan. Scarce, only a few copies recorded. € 80

Lesser Soenda Islands. 531o-34a, 50c Kreisler with orange Bali anchor overprint, cancelled Ampenan. € 90

Lesser Soenda Islands. 542z-34a, 50c Kreisler with black Lombok anchor overprint, cancelled Ampenan. Only three copies recorded! € 150

Lesser Soenda Islands. Postage Paid mark Bu.JB62 type F with written ´20 sen´ on M.O. Bu.JF42 from Denpasar 20.7.4 to Djakarta. Censor Bu.JC3a from Denpasar

Moluccas. Cover from Amboina showing red ´10 SEN´ with written ´ongkos kirim soedah terima´ (= postage has already been paid) with paraph from postmaster The and date 14/1-´03, to Djakarta with ´Per Luchtpost´ crossed out, censor chop of Iwagami and violet censor mark ´Soedah Priksa/Ambon´ type Bu.JC7a. Wonderful exhibition piece!

Malaya. Definitive issues, 18 different perforated and imperforated colour proofs

Japanese Military fieldpost card type ´Dove and Helmet´ Bu. F22 from Unit 10283 (North Australia Expeditionary Force) in occupied Manokwari, Dutch New Guinea, to Kyoto. Card is censored with Minami chop. Message is from son to his parents saying he is well but broke the frame of his glasses. He asks if they would send him a new frame which he has in a drawer in the living room. They should pack it in a small wooden box and send it by mail. Ex Jennings

Japanese Military fieldpost card, unlisted type similar to Bu.F23 but orange on brownish yellow paper with picture of Nihonbashi Bridge on reverse (military picture postcards are rare) from occupied Manokwari, Dutch New Guinea (North Australia Expeditionary Force, Se Unit 2864), through Yokosuka navy postal department se 23 to Anakamachi, Japan. Card censored with Ueda chop. Card was written January 30th by soldier to his mother stating that he is fine, in a tropical country far away, an inconvenient place where he can no longer write as before. Ex Jennings

Japanese Military field reply postcard Bu.F3 from the North Australia Expeditionary Force, Lightning 1999 unit, Watanabe group, in occupied Dutch New Guinea to Tochigi, Japan. Two part violet censor mark Ken Etzu Zumi in rectangle with censor chop Watanabe. Unit listed to have been on New Guinea late in the war. Message is from soldier to older sister asking how she is. He writes he is fine and works hard at the war. Asks to send him newspapers and magazines. Gives regards to other family members. Ex Jennings

Japanese Military fieldpost reply card Bu.F24 from Kaimana, occupied Dutch New Guinea (Se 47, Se 92 Yamada group, 232nd construction unit) through Yokosuka navy department # 29 (navy office mail which was at Kaimana from 16 Sep 1943 until 21 March 1944) to Nagano. Two part censor mark Ken Etzu Zumi in rectangle with censor chop Yamada. Message from father to sons wishing a Happy New Year and saying he is fine. Mail from Kaimana is extremely rare. Ex Jennings

Japanese Military fieldpost card Bu.F23 (2 very small pinholes) from occupied Dutch New Guinea (North Australia Expeditionary Force, Carp unit 5177, Utsumi group) to Yamaguchi prefecture, Mihogun District, Shing Nagata Mula (village). Censor chop Dooby. Message reads in part: this is the worst place. The people here have nothing. They have very curly hair and they don’t care what they look like. They drink water from the rain. Letter is written to an old man whom the sender tells not to worry and that he is working for his duty. Ex Jennings